Hot Pot

[Lake]

Hot Pot

As though
the pot were
a basin, where
lettuce, spinach and cabbage
grow, where cows
and sheep graze.
And fat fish and shrimp
swim and swarm
the river surface.

We watch -
in the boiling
spicy soup, the greens
absorbing drops of oil
turn glossy green.
Red and white
slices sink then rise,
in curled and uncurled
shapes.

That is how
they assimilate in
this rich broth,
a collage of tastes
and colors,
a beauty in one pot
while still keeping
their own unchangeable
identities.
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[SLIU]

U.S.A.

Very nice little poem. Vivid description! Thanks for sharing.

[Lake]

[非马]

Smells good!
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[William Zhou周道模]

it's so nice to watch, smell and taste it---- the poem！
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[Lake]

Thanks Mr. Fei Ma and William.

It is a poem prompt for food.
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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins